The Vote Solar Initiative

When we talk about green building and green living, we often talk about materials that we can buy or practices that we can adopt in our home -- and that's because we truly believe that every little bit helps and that every person who decides to green their home in a responsible way makes a difference.

We don't talk about legislation very much; however, just this morning we received an email from iPower (no it's not a Mac product; it's a renewable energy corporation ) about the Vote Solar Initiative.

Long story short, Vote Solar's goal is to bring solar energy into the mainstream through policy. They're currently, and rightfully, all riled up because there is a federal solar bill in the works. The goal of the bill is, ostensibly, to make solar power more affordable to more people by extending federal tax credits, and lifting the limits on current solar tax credits. And Vote Solar wants to make sure that Congress gets it right.

You can learn all about the Vote Solar Initiative here and in this piece written by Adam Browning, cofounder and executive director of Vote Solar, for Grist.